Cultivator



(Modeh) E. BARROWS.

GULTIVA'I'OR. I

No. 244,369. Patented July 19-, 18-81 WITNESSES v- I v I OR I I I a v I I 4% By M Attorney; 2

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH BARROWS, OF MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS.

CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 244,369, dated July 19, 1881, 'Application filed May 19,1881. (ModeL) I To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIJAH BARROWS, of Marseilles, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompan yin g drawin gs,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan, the dotted lines showing the blades in a different position for billing up corn; and Fig. 4c is a detail view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to cultivators; audit consists in certain improvements in the construction of the sarne,which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the tongue, which is provided with a pair of rearward-extending diverging bars or hounds, B B, to the under sides of which the transverse bars 0 D are secured by bolts E, or in any other suitable manner.

F F are a pair of beams secured to the under side of the bars or braces O I), and having downward-projecting standards G, connected by stays H to the said bars B and to the hounds, as shown.

To the lower ends of the standards G are secured the blades I, provided upon their inner sides with cutters J, the object of which will be hereinafter described.

K K are the handles, which are secured to the front bar, 0, by staples L, and which project diagonally rearward to the-rear bar, D, to which they are adj ustably secured by bolts M. By this diagonal arrangement of the handles the operator is enabled to walk beside the row of corn which is being straddled by the cultivator.

N is the double-tree,which is pivoted to the under side of the tongue A, as shown. Said double-tree is provided at its ends with downward-proj ect-in g brackets O, to the lower ends of which whiffletree-hooks P, of the ordinary construction, are pivoted for the attachment of the draft. The lower ends of thebrackets O are connected by forward and upward inclined convergin g braces or stays Q with the front end of a rod, B, pivoted upon the same bolt S which connects the double-tree to the tongue. The front end of rod R forms a spindle for a roller or caster, T, traveling upon a guide or plate, U, upon the under side of the tongue.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

The blades I serve to remove grass, weeds, and clods from the young corn,a row of which is straddled by the machine, as shown.

The cutters J serve to heap up the loose dirt around the roots of the corn.

By reversing the blades and standards to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings the machine may be successfully used for hillin g up corn.

The draft, being attached to the lower ends of the brackets O, is in an upward direction, the advantage of which is obvious in facilitating the operation of the machine. At the same time the double-tree or evener is not prevented from working freely, owing to the herein-described arrangement of the roller 0r caster T.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates 1. In a cultivator, the combination of the tongue A, having hounds B B, cross-bars G D, secured under the latter, diagonal handles K K, and the removable beams F F, suitably braced, and having blades I, provided with cutters J, as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cultivator, the combination, as herein described, of the tongue A, having hounds B, the double-tree N, having downward-projecting brackets O, the pivoted rod 1%, having roller T, and connected by rods Q with the brackets O, and the guide-plate U, all arranged and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIJAH BARROWS. 

